YOUNG ADULTS

[ 2 min read ] Most people assume that certain things should happen after graduation. Like an impressive job, job in their field, pursuing of a profession/ academic career (further studies, diplomas, certifications). Or passion (a startup, doing what you love). Those are the next logical steps for them. Should...
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[ 1 min read ] They want this perfect world with parents being aware of everything. Parents who mastered every aspect of life. Parents who don't screw up. Parents who support their actions. Parents who understand everything they (the children) do. Parents who are always there for them. Parents who...
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[ 4 min read ] It is assumed (and that’s where most people make a mistake - because they don’t understand how passion works) that those who have passion are the few lucky characters among us who were born with passion, or who were fortunate enough that passion simply revealed...
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[ 2 min read ] We associate the word ‘selfish’ with something fundamentally bad. When you are called selfish by people it means you only think about yourself and you couldn’t care less about others. It’s another word for an ‘asshole’. When we grow up we learn that there are...
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[ 1 min read ] The sheer fact that everybody thought that as a young lawyer in his early 30s I was already a very successful human being and that everybody congratulated me on getting my law school diploma and working in a law firm but not even one person...
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[ 1 min read ] “Crazy” people are called crazy by the public opinion (are crazy in the eyes of the majority) because they dare to defy convention, break the established rules and do things differently than anyone else. The majority, on the other hand, got used to a certain...
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[ 2 min read ] I don’t understand the idea of retirement. Don’t even think about retiring. Hence all those bullshit clichés about the need to have a decent salary so that you will have better retirement benefits don’t speak to me. I despise this idea. I think it makes...
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[ 4 min read ] Most people want to find a job. They believe that searching for a job is what they’re supposed to do. Hey, everyone is trying to find a job, right? “People can’t find a job”, “People find it difficult to find a job nowadays” is what...
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[ 4 min read ] Not so long ago I said (and I said it many times) that I don’t believe in such thing as an abundance of passions. That I think you can’t have too many passions, or even that you can’t have more than one passion. Today, after...
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[ 5 min read ] I’m doing this series on success principles (from my own perspective) and this got me thinking about the messages the next generations of people are most likely to receive, or which most of them will most probably be able to distil from all they read,...
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[ 1 min read ] Follow your passion! Do what you love! Who needs this kind of advice? Can you really (like really) love something with all your heart and at the same time be able to live without it each day/ not live and breathe it/ procrastinate on that...
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[ 4 min read ] Arnold Schwarzenegger once said When you fall the winner always gets up and the loser stays down. Usually it means have a goal and don’t give up when you have your first failure (failures), but I think most advice people get from other people is...
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[ 5 min read ] There is this very common advice by experienced, rational and well-meaning adults. “Go for a “practical” career first (pick a “practical” college major) and leave your dreams for later, when you have some kind of a cushion”. But is it really a good life advice?...
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[ 5 min read ] I didn't start blogging about parenting, career and life in general for my son. I started it for myself and then realized that what I say in those blog posts (and what I currently write in my diary - My Author Journey) speaks to people....
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[ 2 min read ] Most people don’t like to admit that they’re weak, have dumb beliefs or don’t have the guts to change their lives. If all their lives they told their children that life sucks in general and that for people like them there is no hope, and...
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[ 2 min read ] Last scene from the movie The Truman Show: CHRISTOF (to Truman): You can leave if you want. I won’t try to stop you. But you won’t survive out there. You don’t know what to do, where to go. Christof is like most parents in this...
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[ 1 min read ] Be patient. You have time. You’re not going to ruin your life by not figuring it all out in your late teenage years / early 20s. You’re going to ruin it if you believe this bullshit idea that the only time to build your future...
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[ 1 min read ] Last scene from the movie The Truman Show: CHRISTOF: You can leave if you want. I won’t try to stop you. But you won’t survive out there. You don’t know what to do, where to go. A wave of doubt washes over Truman’s face. TRUMAN...
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